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Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Suffering loss and going through grief is a part of the human experience. There's not one of us who will skate through life without having to cope with losing someone close to us. But sometimes that loss is sudden and horrifying. How can someone possibly climb back out of that pit of grief? That's the question addressed in a new documentary called "Transforming Loss." In it, we meet six Michigan families who have managed to triumph, transform, and...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Looks at children with Tourette's Syndrome, a rare brain disorder, whose victims twitch, jerk, and are unable to control loud verbal outbursts, some obscene. Because the public lacks knowledge about the disease, these children also suffer public humiliation. "In every school in America it's likely that at least one child may have Tourette Syndrome. ...[this] documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young...
23) Heathers
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Disillusioned with her popular friends, Veronica tries to tip the balance of power among the social groups at her high school.
24) My digital life
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"My Digital Life explores the perils and possibilities of the brave new digital world. This thought-provoking video addresses issues of privacy and the digital footprint; misguided notions about multitasking and learning; as well as the value of being wired vs. unplugged. Are we really more connected or are we losing intrapersonal skills? Is this technology robbing us of our sleep, our free time? Is it controlling our lives? And, what should we be...
25) Wish gone amiss
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Hilarious disasters are dodged in these 3 episodes featuring wishes gone awry! Miley wishes to be Hannah all day, everyday; Cory's moneymaking wheeling and dealing overshadows his presidential responsibilities; and Zack and Cody become superheroes.
Pub. Date
©[2007]
Description
What does it take to be popular? John Stossel discovers why kids dish it out, why they take it and what schools can do to make it better. Guests include psychologist Michael Thompson, author of 'Best Friends, Worst Enemies'. Stossel also visits schools with successful anti-bullying programs.
27) Pretty in pink
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The high school girl from the wrong side of town goes to the prom with the wealthy heartthrob, but their romance is threatened by peer pressure.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day. They socialize with friends and strangers alike. Peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents...
29) Corpo celeste
Series
Film Movement volume 10, film 5
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Thirteen year-old Marta, who has recently moved back to southern Italy with her mother and older sister, struggles to find her place, restlessly testing the boundaries of an unfamiliar city and the catechism of the Catholic church.
30) Cry for help
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Features first-person stories from adolescents who are confronting depression, anxiety, and mental illness. Provides a rare and important look at mental illness among young adults through their stories, emotional struggles, and their lives in crises. Explores treatments, mental health testing, and community healing programs to give parents and educators a basis for recognizing the warning signs of teens in trouble. Not rated; contains frank discussions...
31) Porky's
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A group of high school boys is out to get revenge on the road house/brothel that kicked them out for being too young.
32) The reading room
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, a man restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. He is determined to give them a sense of self-respect.
33) Relative evil
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
When J.J. returns home from rehab, he is greeted by a conniving family who is plotting to cash in on a life insurance policy before his 18th birthday. Caught in a web of self-destruction, J.J. struggles to stay clean in an environment overflowing with plenty of temptations and deceit.
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"Angelina and the silver locket": Angelina borrows her mother's precious silver locket without permission and is devastated when she loses it. "Show and tell": Angelina takes her baby sister, Polly, to 'Show and Tell Day' at school. "The proposal": Angelina doesn't believe Mr. Operatski is a worthy suitor for Miss Lilly and sets out to prove it. "Heads and tails": The new statue of Queen Seraphina is missing its head. Will Angelina and her friends...
35) Let Me In
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Abby, an eerily self-possessed young girl, emerges from her heavily curtained apartment only at night and always barefoot, seemingly immune to the bitter winter elements. Owen, an alienated 12-year-old boy, recognizes a fellow outcast and opens up to her, forming a unique bond. But as a string of grisly murders occupy his town, Owen has to confront the reality that this seemingly innocent girl might be hiding an unthinkable secret.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Sassy cheer captain Lina Cruz's world is turned upside down when her family moves from the urban streets of East Los Angeles to the wealthy beach town of Malibu. At her new school she meets ultra-competitive Avery, the all-star cheer captain with attitude to spare, and her super-cute brother is very hard to resist. Lina's always been able to rise to every challenge, but can she beat Avery at the Spirit Championships and still find romance?
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Nick, born with no limbs, is a unique young man with an urgent message. His humorous antics, honest approach, and hear-warming affirmations are helping to bring hope to millions of youth, children and adults around the world. You will be moved and motivated to live life to the full and never give up!
40) Cautiva
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Cristina Quadri's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofia Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that...